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Background of Coronaviruses outbreaks

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Exercise


The table below presents the total number of SARS-CoV-2 virus disease cases and total number of deaths in three countries in South Africa (2,96,000 cases and 89,797 deaths), India (34,600,000 cases and 469,000 deaths) and Brazil (22,100,000 cases and 614,000 deaths) affected by the outbreak, based on data as of 28 November 2021.


Please use the table to answer the questions that follow.      



 Which country have the most cases been reported?                               
        


Calculate the missing case fatality ratio (highlighted in yellow) for each country in the above table.

The case fatality ratio in South Africa is:          

 

The case fatality ratio in India is:  

 

The case fatality ratio in Brazil is:                        

 

As you have seen, your calculations show that:

Outbreaks in some locations have a higher number of cases, but a lower case fatality ratio, and vice versa.








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